Dignity in Schools National Week of Action 2013

Dignity in Schools National Week of Action 2013 To participate in our daily themes use the sample posts below or craft your own messages using the hashtag for the day,, or tag @DignityinSchool. Wednesday, October 2 Restorative Justice #RestorativeJustice Thursday, October 3 PBIS #PBIS Friday, October 4 Pushout Policies that Impact Immigrant Youth #ImmigrantPushout Saturday, October 5 Invest in Education, Not Incarceration TWITTER Day 5 of #WoA2013 we call for #RestorativeJustice as an alternative to policies http://youtu.be/qbocl1zef8g Growing Fairness: a film and movement for #RestorativeJustice to ends http://bit.ly/16hbxoa Building Safe Restorative School Communities in NYC http://bit.ly/1guyflk #RestorativeJustice @DSC_NY Suspensions fell 40% in Denver Public Schools after district started using #RestorativePractices http://bit.ly/12cpigb #RestorativeJustice is grounded in traditions from many cultures and communities http://bit.ly/171aja1 Transformative Justice Curriculum Guide from @ProjectNia #RestorativeJustice http://bit.ly/gzzup6 Parent-To-Parent Guide on #RestorativeJustice from COFI/POWERPAC http://bit.ly/gzki93 #RestorativeJustice in action in Chicago school @Projectnia Day 6 of #WoA2013! Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) offers http://youtu.be/rocduv-hkxw What s possible when we use #PBIS & #RestorativeJustice to end #schoolpushout? http://bit.ly/1eks3hw @CADREparents What are Restorative Justice, Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)? http://bit.ly/9uxjtm How do we stop? This PBIS Fact Sheet offers http://bit.ly/1fb2mnb Short video on #PBIS to end http://www.pbis.org/pbis_resou rce_detail_page.aspx?type=5&p BIS_ResourceID=94 On Day 7 of #WoA2013, immigrant students push back against South Asian youth from @DesisRisingUp tell @Colorlines about their experiences with Stop and Frisk http://bit.ly/14wwnox #Education Not Deportation! @DesisRisingUp Powerful 30 min documentary on undocumented youth #EducationNotDeportation http://bit.ly/zrbkcn Road to College for undocumented students in NY http://bit.ly/adxbtk @NYSYLC end #EducationNotDeportation #EducationNotDeportation: A Guide for Undocumented Youth @NYSYLC http://bit.ly/19yxqnx Students shouldn t have to suffer from our broken #immigration system Day 8 of #WoA2013 we conclude by demanding Congress to invest in http://youtu.be/qlfnycdrnno What if we invested in? Video shows how to create budgets based on #HumanRights http://bit.ly/16jnwzm US spends 70 bil/year on incarceration, parole and probation http://bit.ly/18ux2ik @PowerU305 Our Schools Are Not for Sale-Video on fight for public schools in Philly. Invest in http://vimeo.com/75244147# In 20 yrs, $ spent on incarceration increased 6x more than for colleges & universities http://bit.ly/18ux2ik #EducationN otincarceration Ending the #School2Prison pipeline in CO http://bit.ly/1dudq8l

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature= player_embedded&v=jmlwtx_otgq @adv_project @PadresyJovenes FACEBOOK Teacher s Unite presents Growing Fairness, a documentary about #RestorativeJustice in our schools http://bit.ly/16hbxoa #RestorativeJustice Is Not Enough: A New Essay About School-Based Interventions in the Carceral State http://bit.ly/16z54ss What are Restorative Justice, School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)? Watch DSC s new video on PBIS at http://youtu.be/rocduv-hkxw. Check-out more about PBIS at http://bit.ly/9uxjtm Creating Positive School Discipline http://bit.ly/1fb2mnb DRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving tell Colorlines about their experiences with Stop and Frisk http://bit.ly/14wwnox Immigrant Students Need Education Not Deportation! Watch DSC s new video on Pushout Policies Impacting Immigrant Youth - Testimony of Edward Ward, Youth Leader, Blocks Together on at the first ever Senate hearing on the School to http://bit.ly/19gmho7 We end the National Week of Action 2013 with a powerful statement to lawmakers: Invest in Education, Not Incarceration! http://bit.ly/18y04ax (image) VIDEO Growing Fairness: A Documentary from Teacher s Unite http://vimeo.com/69983040 An Architecture for Accelerating Academic Achievement http://bit.ly/181omdw Many undocumented students don t get the support and resources they need from schools on getting into and paying for college. Here s a guide created by youth for youth in NY Road to College for undocumented students in NY http://bit.ly/adxbtk Audio: How Immigrant students are being pushed out http://bit.ly/15ryov9 Attorney General Eric Holder discusses prison sentences http://cs.pn/19nammh Restorative Practices http://youtu.be/qbocl1zef8g RESOURCES o What is Growing Fairness? from Teacher s United http://bit.ly/16hbxoa o DSC-NY Case Study on Restorative Justice http://bit.ly/16hbxoa o Restorative Justice Is Not Enough: A New Essay About School-Based Interventions in the Carceral State o http://bit.ly/16z54ss School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Suports (SWPBIS) http://youtu.be/rocduv- HkXw o Creating Positive School Discipline http://bit.ly/1fb2mnb Pushout Policies Impacting Immigrant Youth o DREAM Activists www.dreamactivist.org o Education Not Deportation A People s Budget, Our Voice Our Needs, Our Rights http://bit.ly/16jnwzm Invest in Education http://youtu.be/qlfnycdrnno o Project NIA on the School to http://bit.ly/1b4tsqm

Dignity in Schools National Week of Action 2013 (last week s themes and resources for reference) Saturday, September 28 Solutions Not Suspensions Sunday, September 29 Counselors Not Cops Monday, September 30 Racial Disparities in School Discipline #RacialDisparities Tuesday, October 1 Pushout Policies that Impact LGBTQ Youth #LGBTQPushout TWITTER Day 1 of #WoA2013 we demand to end Day 2 of #WoA2013 calls for in our schools. Stop! Day 3 of #WoA2013 we highlight racial disparities in Day 4 of #WoA2013 we cite how impacts #LGBT youth Zero Tolerance policies create. We demand! Call for a moratorium on out-of-school suspensions http://bit.ly/pobsmk Students share their stories of via @projectnia http://bit.ly/p62rvb Study shows suspended students more likely to be held back or leave school http://bit.ly/15rmwch What s possible when we use to end #schoolpushout? http://bit.ly/1eks3hw @CADREparents 80% Miami youth surveyed: issues remain/get worse coming back from suspension http://bit.ly/ 18uX2Ik @PowerU305 A Different Approach to School Safety http://bit.ly/14ijox4 Youth leaders remind us: You Can t Build Peace with a Piece http://bit.ly/14fsimz Report shows grave impact of policing youth in Oakland @BlackOrgProject http://bit.ly/17kskr2 58% of Miami students surveyed feel police r too involved in school discipline http://bit.ly/18ux2ik @PowerU305 Police are not the answer to #SchoolSafety. http://bit.ly/103vwi5 We need Thanks to @RollingStone for recognizing why are needed in schools http://rol.st/13natmx Black students=18% enrollment but 46% students suspended more than 1x & 39% of expelled. #RacialDisparities in 70% of students arrested at school or referred to police are Latino or Black http://1.usa.gov/wxiivn #Racial Disparities in Students of color are experiencing record numbers fueling the #School2Prison pipeline http://cpdincps.com/ in your district? Check the suspension rates for your local schools http://bit.ly/16n4txy Look up your own data by race at the link above and insert in a tweet, for example: Black students are times as likely to be suspended in district. End #RacialDisparities in Zero tolerance policies force and don t curb bullying #LGBTQPushout 2 Wrongs Don t Make a Right: Zero Tolerance is NOT the Solution to Bullying #LGBTQPushout @GSANetwork Check out GSA Network s #WoA2013 Action Guide on http://bit.ly/1fkekus An Open Letter to School Districts to Address #Transgender Student Rights http://bit.ly/17fsrhv by @GSANetwork

Video-The Struggle Against Video-The Struggle Against #Philly youth group @whatspoppyn break down the #School2Prison pipeline http://bit.ly/16at2ww FACEBOOK It s time for. Suspensions have been directly linked to students being held back, not finishing school and involvement in the juvenile justice system. Today we are pushing back against. Watch the DSC video at. Join us in calling a moratorium on out-of-school suspensions http://stopsuspensions.org/ The faces of : Our students deserve http://bit.ly/1betw1i Students who have been suspended found to be more likely to be held back, less likely to graduate and more likely to enter the criminal justice system http://bit.ly/15rmwch Watch this video created by youth in MS: The Struggle Against Pushout- The Story of Patrick Thurmond Increased police presence in our schools helps drive. The Dignity in Schools Campaign knows that You Can t Build Peace with a Piece http://on.fb.me/159mxfi Watch our new video at The American School Counselor Association recommends one counselor for every 250 students. Schools need to say Yes to Counselors, No to Cops http://yes2counselors.wordpress.co m/ Watch this video created by youth in MS: The Struggle Against Pushout- The Story of Patrick Thurmond The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) finds youth of color not only face harsher discipline than White students, but they are more often referred to law enforcement. Watch DSC-Bay Area s new video on racial disparities at Push back against and check your local schools suspension rates http://schooldisciplinedata.org/ How well are American schools doing? The data shows startlingly racial disparities in -Civil Rights Data Collection summary http://1.usa.gov/wxiivn Two Wrongs Don t Make a Right: Zero Tolerance is NOT the Solution to LGBTQ Bullying How can you support LGBTQ students in your schools? Check out GSA Network s Week of Action 2013 on Action Guide http://bit.ly/1fkekus Watch our Week of Action video on Pushout Policies Impacting LGBTQ Youth VIDEO Solutions Not Suspensions - Students share their suspension stories http://www.youtube.com/user/suspensi Counselors Not Cops - A Different Approach to School Safety Racial Disparities in School Discipline - Breakin' It Down: The School To Pushout Policies Impacting LGBTQ Youth - Target of Bullying in Ohio School

onstories?feature=mhum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j mlwtx_otgq http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=-f6pzqyahrw Tells His Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =WwLs_KvoAvI RESOURCES o A moratorium on out-of-school suspensions: http://stopsuspensions.org o Project NIA s youth-created Suspension Stories: www.suspensionstories.com o Suspensions have been directly linked to students being held back, not finishing school and involvement in the juvenile justice system. See pages: 55, 57, 66 and 67 http://csgjusticecenter.org/youth/brea king-schools-rules-report/ o CADRE report on the health outcomes of the solutions we are advocating for: Restorative Justice, Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)- http://bit.ly/1eks3hw o Yes to Counselors, No to Cops http://yes2counselors.wordpress.c om/ o You Can t Build Peace with a Piece http://on.fb.me/159mxfi o ACLU of PA s report (Coming Soon) o Black Organizing Project s report about policing in Oakland http://bit.ly/17kskr2 o Project NIA reports on policing in Chicago http://cpdincps.com/ o Police Are Not the Answer to the Newton Shooting http://bit.ly/103vwi5 o When High School Students Are Treated Like Prisoners (Rolling Stone) http://rol.st/13natmx o Youth of Color Statement on Gun Violence http://bit.ly/14fsimz o Center for Civil Rights Remedies released a tool to aggregate suspension rates according to race http://schooldisciplinedata.org o The CSG Justice Center report has statistics on suspension information. See pages: 41 and 67 http://bit.ly/15rmwch o Project NIA report http://cpdincps.com/ o Civil Rights Data Collection summary http://1.usa.gov/wxiivn o The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org o Two Wrongs Don t Make a Right: GSA Network reports on Zero Tolerance and Bullying o An Open Letter to School Districts to Address Transgender Student Rights http://bit.ly/17fsrhv